[GPSCC-chat] Weds. 11 am Roundtable on US Surveillance and the Digital Economy

[Spencer Graves]

       It sounds like an interesting and important topic.  
Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend.


       My view on surveillance is summarized in the 1-minute video and 
blog on "Restrict secrecy more than data collection" 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV8mHfu3mDw; 
http://sanjosepeace.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/restrict-secrecy-more-than-data-collection). 



       "Stingray phone trackers", owned by many police departments, can 
potentially identify by name and precise location of everyone in a 
peaceful assembly -- provided they have their cell phone on them and 
turned on (Wikipedia, 
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingray_phone_tracker").  Many 
intersections now have surveillance cameras that read license plates.  
Face recognition software will soon be able to put names to most of the 
faces in a crowd of thousands of people in the street from a photograph.


       Many government agencies will ignore any laws banning such data 
collection unless we have strong laws protecting journalists and 
whistleblowers.  Unfortunately, most judges in the US today will not 
anyone accused of revealing state secrets to challenge the government's 
claim of secrecy.  An extremely rare exception was a recent judicial 
ruling to allow public access to tapes from force feeding a Guantanamo 
detainee.  (See "Media and corruption" on Wikiversity 
(https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Media_and_corruption).


       Spencer


On 10/7/2014 6:23 PM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>
> If you are thinking of going to this event, PLAN AHEAD.
>
> If you are not familiar with the PAHS, it might take
> you a while to find the gym.
>
> The school is on the VTA bus #22 route.
> The gym is about 1 mile from the University / Palo Alto
> stop of Caltrain.
>
> If you are driving, I suggest that the best way to get
> there is from Churchill, which is east of the school,
> but parking is limited, you might have to park off
> campus.
>
> The big gym is on the right side of this map:
> http://www.paly.net/campus-map
>
> Gerry
>
>
> Brian wrote:
>> Palo Alto High School.
>>
>> Moderator is Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)
>>
>> http://www.finance.senate.gov/newsroom/chairman/release/?id=58856876-28d6-4256-a073-3049f2060bfe 
>>
>>
>> Who:
>> Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden
>> Eric Schmidt — Executive Chairman, Google
>> Brad Smith —  Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft
>> Colin Stretch — General Counsel, Facebook
>> Ramsey Homsany — General Counsel, Dropbox
>> John Lilly — Partner, Greylock Partners
>>
>> What:
>> Roundtable to discuss how U.S. mass surveillance programs are 
>> impacting the digital economy
>>
>> Where:
>> Palo Alto High School Gymnasium
>> 50 Embarcadero Rd Palo Alto, CA 94301
>> (across El Camino from Stanford Stadium)
>>
>> When:
>> Wednesday, October 8, 2014
>> 11 am PDT
>>

-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
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